The Beauty of the Devil
Rene Clair - whose genius has created masterpieces...now brings his magic touch to the screen in a new achievement!
Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at the ravages of old age ... whereupon Mephistopheles, agent of Lucifer, appears as a virile, handsome young man and exchanges bodies with him to induce Faust to sign a pact to exchange his soul for renewed youth, riches and power. But though the "new" Faust is attracted by the material improvements in his life, he remains wary of signing, while Mephistopheles, now posing as the aged professor whose body he inhabits, must find a way to trick him into signing the pact - and dissuade him from the love of a gypsy girl who prays for his soul - or find himself damned by his own Master...
Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as a professor in a circa-1700 French university, despairs at the ravages of old age ... whereupon Mephistopheles, agent of Lucifer, appears as a virile, handsome young man and exchanges bodies with him to induce Faust to sign a pact to exchange his soul for renewed youth, riches and power. But though the "new" Faust is attracted by the material improvements in his life, he remains wary of signing, while Mephistopheles, now posing as the aged professor whose body he inhabits, must find a way to trick him into signing the pact - and dissuade him from the love of a gypsy girl who prays for his soul - or find himself damned by his own Master...
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
Actor: Michel Simon, Gérard Philipe, Nicole Besnard, Simone Valère, Carlo Ninchi, Raymond Cordy, Paolo Stoppa, Tullio Carminati, Gaston Modot, Lorena Berg
Director: René Clair
Produced By: Franco London Films, Universalia Film, ENIC, Cohen Media Group
Runtime: 96
Release: 1950
Rating: 7.2 out of 10
Language: Français, fr, French,
Views: 308
Content Rating:APPROVED
Quality: DVD
Also known as: Beauty And The Devil, Beauty Of The Devil
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